Low on the Go!

i'm kinda sad today, thinking about how next year will be super different. as the year ends, goodbyes quickly approach...

the last time i had to say goodbye to friends was when i was moving to Toronto for university. But this time, its not me leaving--but rather, friends of mine who are completing one phase of their life and moving on to other exciting endeavours.
While this is exciting, and i'm so eager to see what God does with their lives, i can't help but think of how much of an impact they had on my life--i know..its not as though i was SUPER good friends with most of the people leaving, but they still impacted me in some way.

When i think of people graduating and leaving, i think of two particular people--not because they are SUPERLY good friends of mine, but because i've learned so much from them. Their wisdom and lifestyle of servant leadership have impacted me immensely. i remember the first time i met these two guys--it was the KSL breakfast at summit. there they were, sitting side by side at the end of the table, and for some reason they seemed SUPER old to me. i was so terribly intimidated--i don't think i said more than two sentences that first breakfast. Its crazy to look back and think that i now consider these two guys my friends. for the past two years, i've looked up to them, have learned so much by just observing them...and am so blessed to call them my friends. Ethan and Parker, i know you two probably don't read this blog...but i just wanted you both to know that as you graduate and go overseas, i will miss you both. words don't do justice to how much i have learned from the two of you, and how encouraged i've been by both of you :) we'll keep in touch for sure!


















Two other people who are leaving who really impacted me in first and second year...
Ryan and Wendy--i don't think the two of them read this blog....in fact, the chances are significantly lower than Ethan and Parker reading this...but i'll write this anyways.

Well wendy, thinking back, my first memory of you is actually NOT meeting you. Rather, it was the day when Karmen Wong told me that she had a friend from Toronto visiting her place in edmonton, and that i could meet this friend if i went to her house on Saturday morning. Alas, i slept in on Saturday morning, and didn't get to meet you then. I wasn't too worried or disappointed, i think my thought went something like "ahh, well whatevs, its just another person, no big deal."

So clubs day rolled around, i hadn't made any friends in Toronto, hadn't found a church...and i met you "by chance". in less than 5 minutes, i had learned that YOU were the person i was supposed to meet that Saturday, and that my former worship team leader's parents had led you to Christ at an airport in Asia. Coincidence? i think not.

over the past 3 years, you haven't been "just another person"; you have impacted my life greatly--you were one of the first people i had ever met who was (and is!) sold out for the Gospel. i am SO glad that i met you, and just SO blessed to have been discipled by you--even if it was for just a short while. i can't wait to come visit you in calgary. ^_^

Well Ryan Kirk... i hear you're the ultimate blog-ker. so maybe you'll read this ^_^ do you remember our bible studies when i was in first year? sometimes it was just me, you and melissa. hahaha. isn't it amazing that in just a few short years, there's now 3 DGs running at U of T? i wonder what it'll be like the next time we see each other... i'm so excited for the day when we'll meet up again and i'll be able to tell you about all the fruits reaped at U of T because of the multitudes of seeds you have planted over the past few years. i won't forget that first year bible study--how i never talked, was super quiet, and how you and melissa reached into my life and astounded me by your commitment to the gospel. you'll be missed for sure!!


welps, enough cheese for one night! lydia is going to bed!